Hello,
I'm a first timer for the Lake District and hoping to get in a 2 1/2-3 day hike with 2 nights of wild camping. I'm looking for something that's not too difficult to reach by public transport from London. I did some reading online and came up with the following: bus from Penrith train station to Pooley Bridge, hike down the south side of Ullswater, cut across from Patterdale to Helvellyn, go down to Grasmere, then on to Ambleside, and either leave from there or head down to Windermere and leave from there.
Does this seem like an appropriate route for my time and travel constraints? Any better suggestions? I'm happy to hike quite a bit of distance but not sure if what I've described is too little, too much, or just right. Any thoughts?